Altcoins gained 21% and still lost ground to Bitcoin. What would finally turn the tables?

Glassnode reported that altcoin market capitalization climbed 21% over the past month, while altcoins' share of the combined Bitcoin-and-altcoin market fell 0.9 percentage points over 90 days, based on data as of Sept. 7.Capital has moved up the entire crypto ladder together, with Bitcoin absorbing most of the gain while higher-beta tokens held their ground without gaining. That divergence sets up an unusually clean test this week, running through both the Federal Reserve and the US Senate.Market signalCurrent readingWhat it saysAltcoin market cap+21% over one monthAltcoins have participated in the reboundAltcoin share of BTC + alt market-0.9 percentage point over 90 daysAlts are rising, but not outperforming BitcoinGlassnode historical late-cycle signal+2.8 percentage points over 90 days near BTC highsHistorical late-cycle rotation signal is absentBitcoin recovery~27% from August lowsBTC remains the market leaderThe Fed decides how Bitcoin's recovery can holdBitcoin recovered roughly 27% from the August lows near $62,000, trading close to $79,000 as of Sept. 15. Yet, BTC remains well below the $83,000 to $86,000 band Glassnode identifies as a genuine cost-basis wall.Roughly 1.07 m...